Is sugar chemically altered or bleached during processing?
No, sugar is not chemically altered or bleached during processing. The sugar in your sugar bowl is the same as the sucrose naturally present in the original sugar beet and sugar cane plants, and is also identical to the sucrose in other fruits and vegetables.
Pure sugar crystals are naturally colorless. No artificial bleaching or whitening is necessary. Molasses, which is naturally present in sugar beet and sugar cane and gives brown sugar its color, is removed from the sugar crystal with water and centrifuging. Carbon filters absorb any remaining colored plant materials.
neal
12 Apr 161#11
I was not asked the question. I do not know the answer :smiley:
I was not asked the question. I do not know the answer :smiley:
OB1
12 Apr 161#10
That link doesn't mention bleach.
And of course it's processed to some degree, packets of sugar don't grow on trees.....
Maple syrup is less harmful to the environment, usually due to the estate management and demand. Stevia is a good financial bet for the future due to it's widespread acceptance by producers (Coke etc)
Aren't you simply replacing sugar with another sugar? Or were you simply referring to the environmental advantages?
HealthFreaq
11 Apr 164#1
Much better than pure white bleached sugar, but still it is bleached and processed. The only way they get away with poisoning sugar, flour and salt without mentioning bleach in ingredients is because considered to be industry standard and by law they dont have to mention.
Great deal though for okish sugar on a market.
mkara to HealthFreaq
11 Apr 16#2
What would you recommend then to replace sugar? Besides stevia/truvia, etc
yrreb88 to HealthFreaq
11 Apr 161#4
[citation needed]
Do you honestly think bleach is added to the sugar and that this process makes it poisonous?
Gort1951 to HealthFreaq
11 Apr 161#6
You should post a video on youtube, bet that would be exciting.:confused:
OB1 to HealthFreaq
12 Apr 16#8
Unrefined golden sugar like this is bleached? Are you sure?
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Is sugar chemically altered or bleached during processing?
No, sugar is not chemically altered or bleached during processing. The sugar in your sugar bowl is the same as the sucrose naturally present in the original sugar beet and sugar cane plants, and is also identical to the sucrose in other fruits and vegetables.
Pure sugar crystals are naturally colorless. No artificial bleaching or whitening is necessary. Molasses, which is naturally present in sugar beet and sugar cane and gives brown sugar its color, is removed from the sugar crystal with water and centrifuging. Carbon filters absorb any remaining colored plant materials.
I was not asked the question. I do not know the answer :smiley:
And of course it's processed to some degree, packets of sugar don't grow on trees.....
Which is to say you haven't answered my question!
Billingtons FAQ
http://www.theecologist.org/green_green_living/food_and_drink/1336766/top_10alternatives_to_sugar.html
Great deal though for okish sugar on a market.
Do you honestly think bleach is added to the sugar and that this process makes it poisonous?